The Washington Post is making targeted buyout offers to reduce parts of its staff.
Almost all Post columnists are protected from this buyout, but overall I count 21 shoe-leather reporters and line editors who could depart — people who report, write and shape stories about the national economy and business; health, science and the environment; lifestyles; sports; and local news.
Why does the Post even have columnists anymore? Isn’t “opinion” the one thing the internet has unquestionably taken care of? I think David Carr makes some pretty good points in “Page One” (here, if you haven’t heard of it), but I don’t want to hear about how the internet is nothing without real journalism if “real journalism” is then turned into an endless stream of George Will and E.J. Dionne columns.
